Research Article

Structural and Visual Changes in Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion Patients with Retinal Atrophy

Table 4

Correlations between VD, RT, and EZ disruption length, FAZ area, and VA and IVR injections number with complete resolution of macular oedema.

CharacteristicsCorrelationQuadrantal SVC-VDQuadrantal DVC-VDQuadrantal full RTFoveal SVC-VDFoveal DVC-VDFoveal full RT

Disruption length of EZN464646464646
value0.0440.0640.0050.0020.009<0.001
r coefficient−0.298−0.276−0.406−0.454−0.379−0.649

FAZ areaN464646464646
value0.3410.2280.532<0.001<0.0010.004
r coefficient−0.143−0.181−0.095−0.520−0.578−0.417

VA with complete resolution of MON464646464646
value0.0180.142<0.0010.0610.123<0.001
r coefficient0.3470.2200.5100.2790.2310.505

Number of IVR injections during 12 months ()N464646464646
value0.9520.3660.4500.5090.2860.987
r coefficient−0.009−0.138−0.1160.1010.1620.003

(): spearman correlation analysis. FAZ: foveal avascular zone; SVC: superficial vascular complex; DVC: deep vascular complex; VD: vascular density; RT: retinal thickness; EZ: ellipsoid zone; VA: visual acuity; MO: macular oedema; the minimal-VD quadrantal: quadrantal for short.